Fri. Jan 25 2013!He was born in DeKalb County, GA in 1923, where whites burned down his school and the KKK instilled fear and hatred in his heart. Oil and Water by Robert Chafe is the story of Lanier Phillips, the lone black survivor of the segregated war vessel, USS Truxtun, shipwrecked off the coast of Newfoundland in 1942. The Workshop Theater Company and Playwrights Guild of Canada present one-night only, the spellbinding story of a man and a town forever changed. Oil & Water by Robert ChafeA Free Staged ReadingDirected By Passion 8 PM Fri. Jan. 25th Jewel Box Theater 312 W. 36th St. 4th fl. NYC (bet. 8th & 9thAve.) Reservations Required Reserve here now for Oil and Wateran event ofUnknown Country 2013: Three Plays from Canada